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B-178409 1 (1973-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadna0001 and id is 1 raw text is: d (o ) 'MPTROLLEn GENEIJriAL. OF TId- UNITF.D STATES ) WASGtIGrONf. D.C. 2 VU 'B-4178409 34178409 r Septenber 14, 1973 9€ PhysiTech, Inc I Fairway Plaza luntingdon Valley, Pennsylvaia 19006 Attentions Hr. John P. Skurla President Gentleuons Vle refor to your letter of April 9, 19730 and aubsequent correcpondence, protesting the award of a contrart to Universal Technology, Inc., (Optxon, Division) for a requirement of Optron VIspL.ccm~nt Followers and Lens Systec under Request for Pruposals (UXP) If. DAAD)5-73-R-0126, issued by the Departmient of thQ Army on lHarch 13, 1973. ) You rmintain that tho Department improperly dccided that your I'bdel 39A System was not equivalent to th Optron models and could not be considered for award. Wem ast nb'en with the 'Dapart~rnt's decision for the reasons stated below. The procurement was negotiated under 10 UPS.C. 2304(a)(l), which nutho'.Izes negotiation of a contract where experitental, developmental, or research work is involved. The, Dopartuent ctates tbat the rcsearch work involved hero is the determining of velocities and accelerations of snail gun components from measurcients of dlsplaceents at the Abes:deen Proving Ground. In accordance with this statencnt, the Vatertnation and rindings (D&F), dated February 16, 1973, in support of the authority to negotiate here contains the following pertinent findLnjg-: Procurement by negotiation of the above described property Is necessary because experimontal results of the p'.oject for which i -3c arc being procured shw that data nust be obtaLned simultaneously from several points on the wacpon and the smn as tho weapon is fire.d. Only one piece of equipment is available for use on thc L~r~cc~ C( i~jd C tl~raJ ALOki5

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